Climate related causes of distinct radial growth reductions in Pinus cembra during the last 200 yr

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-220

  Pfeifer, Klaus ^a   Kofler, Werner ^a   Oberhuber, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alps; Cembran pine; Climate extremes; Dendroecology; Timberline

Indexed keywords

PINUS CEMBRA;

EID: 26644458131     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-005-0001-2     Document Type: Article

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